I’m building a two-column "report" in HTML and CSS (I’m new to both) and printing it to a PDF via Weasyprint in Python. My problem is that content in the first column is wrapping into the second column prematurely, ultimately resulting in a broken table that should remain in one column:
The HTML file calls the CSS file:
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<link href="report.css" rel="stylesheet">
<title>Report</title>
<meta name="description" content="Report example">
</head>
...
at some point, I create a page style in CSS called "satgeom":
@page {
@top-left {
background: #FF874A;
content: counter(page);
height: 1cm;
text-align: center;
width: 1cm;
}
@top-center {
background: #FF874A;
content: '';
display: block;
height: .05cm;
opacity: .5;
width: 100%;
}
@top-right {
content: string(heading);
font-size: 9pt;
height: 1cm;
vertical-align: middle;
width: 100%;
}
}
@page :blank {
@top-left { background: none; content: '' }
@top-center { content: none }
@top-right { content: none }
}
@page no-chapter {
@top-left { background: none; content: none }
@top-center { content: none }
@top-right { content: none }
}
@page :first {
background: url(report_cover.png) no-repeat center;
background-size: cover;
margin: 0;
}
@page chapter {
background: #FF874A;
margin: 0;
@top-left { content: none }
@top-center { content: none }
@top-right { content: none }
}
html {
color: #393939;
font-family: Montserrat;
font-size: 11pt;
font-weight: 300;
line-height: 1.5;
}
h1 {
color: #FF874A;
font-size: 38pt;
margin: 5cm 2cm 0 2cm;
page: no-chapter;
width: 100%;
}
h2, h3, h4 {
color: black;
font-weight: 400;
}
h2 {
break-before: always;
font-size: 28pt;
string-set: heading content();
}
h3 {
font-weight: 300;
font-size: 15pt;
}
h4 {
font-size: 13pt;
}
.column {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
flex-basis: 100%;
flex: 1;
}
#satgeom section {
columns: 2;
column-gap: 1cm;
}
#satgeom section p {
text-align: justify;
}
/* Table */
.tg {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}
.tg td{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;word-break:normal;}
.tg th{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;word-break:normal;}
.tg .tg-zv4m{border-color:#fcbb9a;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}
.tg .tg-ofj5{border-color:#fcbb9a;text-align:right;vertical-align:top}
and call this style in the HTML. The contents of this page contain a lengthy table and text. My problem is that the table is wrapping prematurely, and I cannot figure out why. Ideally, I would like to wrap the text into the second column after the first column fills up. A snippet of my HTML for the "satgeom" page is as follows:
<article id="satgeom">
<h2 id="satgeom-title">Satellite geometry</h2>
<h3>Satellite geometry, depiction, and description</h3>
<section>
<img src="./satellite.png" alt="">
<p>
<table class="tg" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 300px">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 150px">
<col style="width: 150px">
</colgroup>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">Name</th>
<td class="tg-ofj5">Uydu</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">Cost [$]</th>
<td class="tg-ofj5">600,000,000</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">Manufacturer</td>
<td class="tg-ofj5">TAI</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">Duration [years]</td>
<td class="tg-ofj5">15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">Orbit altitude [km]</td>
<td class="tg-ofj5">35,785</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">Max. velocity [km/s]</td>
<td class="tg-ofj5">11,051</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">Dy mass [kg]</td>
<td class="tg-ofj5">1,577</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">NORAD ID</td>
<td class="tg-ofj5"> - </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">Uplink [GHz]</td>
<td class="tg-ofj5">7.3 - 18.10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">Downlink [GHz]</td>
<td class="tg-ofj5">11.70 - 12.75</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">Reference frame</td>
<td class="tg-ofj5">Geocentric</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tg-zv4m">Regime</td>
<td class="tg-ofj5">Geostationary</td>
</tr>
</table>
</p>
<p>
Launched in 2024, the Uydu satellite was manufactured by the Turkish
Aerospace Industries for roughly $600,000,000. The satellite's mission
is
</p>
<p>
Construction-wise, the Uydu satellite comprises a main body and two
solar panel arrays extending laterally to its side. For power consumption,
the solar panels can be rotated to face the sun.
</p>
</section>
</article>
I’ve tried adding a div{} to my CSS file and messed with the nowrap property, modifying the CSS file, and have also done a number of Google / SO searches, but haven’t found a solution. Honestly, I’m not sure I’m looking for the right phrases.
2
Answers
There is 2 problem in your code, first you have declared your columns for the section within the
#satgeom sectionselector, that will make the<section>element distributed across two columns, including the table, lets make the table stays in one column.Also the table is wrapped table with a
<p>tag, lets replace this:with
Why not use a div with two divs inside it for each column.
Something like this: